Out of curiosity, does anyone know if they're going to be releasing any more 35th anniversary ponies in 2019 even though it's not the 35th anniversary any more?
I'm hoping to find the ponies I still need, which is all of the Pegasus and unicorns. I'd be ecstatic to find Firefly and Moondancer if no one else.

My husband went to the US for a week on his own to work on a computer crisis and stopped at Savers on one of his outtings. As is the norm, he swing by the toy section, even though I wasn't there and I'm the one who likes to swing by. He sends me a picture on WhatsApp of a small bag of popcorn is and a audio message following asking if any of them were the correct pony (any G1 and G3 ponies). It looked to me that one of them were and so I told him to buy that bag.

A minute later he sends another audio message saying he found more. I ask if they have any resemblance to the ones I told him to buy and his response was a flurry of pictures, each showing a different bag of ponies.

Some I didn't want as they were nothing but Fakies and after a couple of minutes try to explain that I didn't want the hot pink one, I got a lengthy video in return. He held up each bag and gave it a number then told me to tell him which numbers I wanted.

In the end he spent $20 on just ponies at $2.99 a bag. I didn't have him get them all either. It figures that any time I go up, there's hardly a pony to be found. But my husband goes up and he hits the mother load.

So without further ado, my 18 new ponies!
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And yes, I about jumped on the bed when I found a G1 hiding in one of the bags.

:soapbox pony:
*Ahem*

I absolutely without question HATE the G2's and current run of MLP. 
As in Cannot. Stand. Them.

The G2s look like snakes with legs. The newest ones from 2009 and later look like someone took an air compressor and stuck it in their ears then forgot to turn it off. I mean WTAF????

Their is a good reason they are called My Little PONY. Not My Little Snake with Legs, or My Little Air/Bubble Head.

I fell in love with the line because I could not afford an actual horse and I love them so very much (still do, still cannot afford one). WTF am I to do with a "pony" that looks NOTHING like an actual pony? Why do you think Breyers were/are so damn popular?

Talk about unrealistic expectations! Hopefully kids don't believe horses have huge bulbous heads that a real animal would NEVER be able to hold up.

*jumps off soapbox*

Stupendous! After I do the post I came to do I am plopping my tush in a chair and watching Netflix! I already added it.

Went to Target today after getting back into the US since January and I was quite skeptical but I had to look.

I felt a slight disappointment when all I saw were the newer versions and so I wandered away from the aisle. I looked at Legos and a few game board games. I don't know about any of you, but I always check out the end caps for clearance.

I now cannot remember what I was looking at when I saw her. Purple with her white flowers. I swear in one gasp I sucked in all the air around me and I reached down and picked her up. Then I saw a teal with purple stars and then a pink with white spots!

With only three ponies in front of me I was over the moon. I was thrilled, excited and of course looked around the are a little more to see if there were anyone else hiding about.

But no.

Just the three ladies on the shelf, where the label said they would be. MLP 35th Anniversary 9.99, On an end cap. With clearance toys, but not on clearance.

It was a very strange moment to be honest as I do not ever remember seeing a pony in package that I was the first owner of. Even when I was a kid. We all know that things came out of packages as fast as the packaging would allow when we were kids.

Finished shopping, came home, did the adult things, i.e. put the groceries away, made dinner, fed the dogs; THEN I sat my butt down and opened Blue Belle. Carefully removed the tape from the top, pulled out Blue Belle and popped her out and had to untape her mane from the plastic and then with her free, had to carefully figure out how to get her mane out that plastic piece. Popped out the comb and then spent a couple of minutes pulling her hair free of the other hair holes and brushing it out. Put the plastic back into the box. Then it was Blossom's turn. Same thing but I left her comb in the box and used Blue Belle's comb, they all look exactly the same upon first glance. And of course I pulled out the poster to look at. Then of course I had to unbox Cotton Candy and repeat the actions.

So all three of them are sitting on my desk looking quite sweet and smelling like plastic toys.

I have noticed a few things; their heads move, you cannot untie the ribbon on their tails (THANK GOD!) and they all have the number 36117ZD on their right front hoof under the stamped words My Little Pony. This number however is not stamped on and could in time be worn away. The other hooves have stamped on them The Bridge Direct, Made in China and @2017 Hasbro.

Hubby is working on finding out if we can find the other three girls. He did find information on the next wave of retros (https://www.mlpmerch.com/2018/01/second-wave-of-35th-anniversary-g1.html) that are coming out in July. I'll be back in the US for the 4th, but I am sure these gals will release much later than the 4th.

I'm really excited to get these new ones that are coming out as well and hope there are some left for when I can pick them up when I'm back here.

I know I'm late in the Retro game here, but I don't mind.

Quote from: Cheshire_Raptor on March 24, 2018, 04:01:31 PM

I just over this post quite loudly making my husband jump and look at me. I have informed him that I will be spending $60 soon at Target and he smiled and dared me to spend that little.

Any idea when these will be rolling out?

 

The 35th anniversary collectors ponies? They've been out since January!

I've been reading from the first post. Haven't been in the loop for the longest time and hope there are still some come later this month when I go back up!

Wow. I have NEVER seen a fake this good! She also, as you can see has nothing stamped on her feet and there are no Family Dollars in Mexico.

Glad to know she lights up! I'm excited to see if she still works.

Thank you for the information. This also means I'm free to rehair and maybe get her a cutie mark! Maybe I'll see if I can turn her into a Cheshire Pony.